Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-24
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q tie tribanal Of SIR Jauass Hannsns
then ws may Assuus that the msekinsFy
Of shs London Divesse Gear viii Be- To-
vested With = nee dexsss d tniefsza
qsiie suEpAssing any which has sttsehed
70 is IN tbs past
Ia Biekene' tims The divorces business
of shs esanfEy vas all transacted AZ
Doetafs Commons and was inextrieably
mixed az With maritime matters and
tie trial Of reensans eleFzymsn- What
possibls esnnsctisn there can be BE-
tween deroiief ships and unfaithfuI
sponses it ~ difhcalt % see, bat % i .
fscs thst 10 tbs times se are writing Of
TIE Admiralty Coart and the Divorce
Court we're held IN the same bald
ipg and we're pFssidss sver b the same
jadgs. We are tempted 70 hazaFd The
rua that she latter might possibly havs
been = '-sbiD's hnsb1nd.T bus even noss
he position SEEMS anything but clear.
H wsveF, she last few years have seen q
sweeping alteration. The Court Of
Arches siiIl stays By The Commons. but
she Admiralty Coart has migrated 70
Westminster and the Divorce Cs0Et l.
appropriately housed in the great palace
Of Justice IN the Strand.
Ia the matter Of procuring divorces,
English laws and usaaes are very con
ssrvative and raid As compared With
AmsFisaD.
Broadly speaking. Iphdslisy on the
wifs's part i slvays sufficient ground
per - for toe husband 10 spply for and
obtain divorce. Bat In the case OF the
husband being The offender, unfaithfuI-
nsss alone oannst Be- urged By the wife
~ 3 auiioisnt grou1d on which TO estab-
lish Der action for divorce. Il mast BE-
urged in conjunction With cruelty or
desertisn, OF both. Isolated acts Of
adultery on the part Of the husband are
viewed BY she English Law a. vsnial,
and on them alone no action can be
founded By the wife, unless they are as
ISOLATED with cruelty or desertion. On
the contrary. a solitary ass Of in6deliiy
on the part Of the wife, unless oondoned
by the husband afterwards. is mortal
sin in the eyes Of English justice, and
Ghe husband may Ret all the relief be
wants, provided. Of sOurse, be can satis-
facscriiy prove bis case. A crime Of
this sort once condoned il sutlawed 20
FAR as founding any aStiOn on 10 ID
concerned.
To American minds. acts OF uufaith-
falnsss, either on the part Of the bus
band or Of the wife, seem equally rep
rehensible. bat English people have
never thought 90, and are supported IN
their views BY sueh moralists - DIR
johnson. While. however, the wifi
cannot sue for divorce from her bus
band on the ground Of adultery alone
she can found an sction for jadieiA
J separation. q sort Of middle state. whiol
keeps the husband and wife separate
: bat fofbids their marrying With aHy
body else. Il Is this middle state il
whieh Lord and Lady Campbell ar
living at the present time, aud In whiol
they we're living when the proceedir q
fer divorce were hrst started. Thes
} latter proceedings are, as the lawyer
say. without preiadiOe' 10 the former
aud therefore preserve the state ga
o: the judicial separation intact as !
vas before the divorce proceedings wer
Instituted.
In q suit for sbsolution Of marriage
the party Who seeks relief Is called thl
petitioner, and the person against WHOM
the petition IL directed. she respondent
II the husband fouRds the action, it i
usual 10 make the partners in bis wife
sin defendants 10 the suit by ineludinI
tAem as 90 respondents, aud IL the bus
band succeeds In establishing tb'
charges, the former are general,
mulcted ia all costs Of the suit. Pro
oesdinRs are commenced by the e
Rrievsd party siinR = petition 10 vhicl
must be set out With much ciFeumstan
TALLY the gFoanis, etc., on which th,
action fer nuility Is based. Then Z
copy Of Thu petition must be served OF
the respondent and correspondents. vhs
Nhaye q certain tims IN Whieh 10 AZ
their answer 10 IL, which they usually
d., denying everything, or elss pleadinI
eovertare, Combination, etc. The cas-.
Ia ultimately tried on the Issues, a1d Il
the husband can prove hia allegations
be ultimately obtains q decree aisi
which in due course is made absolute,
Questions affecting the oastody Of chill.
aFan or the granting % alimony are De.
oided By the Lord President. Who q
guided in bis decision less by precedent
than by what be thinks 10 be an sqaitA
bic adjustment Of the wishes Of al
parties.
HERE avn TmGRE.